I left after the ninth inning (21.48) myself - usually at weeknights I operate under a self-imposed curfew of 22.30 since I have to go to work at 06.00, so I really can't do extra innings at weeknights; might have stayed for the tenth inning if it hadn't been so cold out (and for the fact that I was kicking a bit of a head cold).
Metro is close to plucking my last nerve this season. The low dependability of Metrobus weekend service and Metrorail's overall performance of evenings and weekends are bad enough...but too much more rubbish like that surprise roll-out of additional track work this past Thursday (among other things it took me fully an hour and a half to get to the ballpark on Saturday) or the Green line closure from Archives to Navy Yard during the Cardinals/Cubs Labour Day weekend, and I just might throw TBSITH up for grabs and drop my season ticket (or for something less drastic, put most of my weeknight and known evening track-work fixtures on StubHub and attend the ones that are left) - it's getting that aggravating, especially at soon-to-increase fares.
And depending on cabs can be leaning on a slender reed - after one of the Orioles matches this year I saw a queue of 100 at the cab rank in M street and hardly a cab within sight.
Those Orioles games had high attendance; 38,000-41,000. Lines to the Metro may have been longer, promping a rush to cabs.
1. You could call for a cab (not that someone else wouldn't get it.)
2. You should write a letter to the editor of the
Washington Post, urging later hours for extra innings games, and noting the taxi cab situation, so that cab company managers can see the opportunity.
3. Maybe identify a season ticket holder who could give you a ride home. There must be someone heading your way. You could offer the cost of public transportation for each ride.
4. You could hold up a "Ride to South Arlington?" sign, as a hitch hiker might, when you leave games. You might score a regular ride.
Are cabs hard to find after most games?
What do they cost to go to south Arlington?